Yay, whee! Solving the second one is twice as nice! (And I did see the weirdness of the first one, but let it slide.) For the record, I have a lazy eye and I find it a boon rather than a bane for solving Magic Eye. Actually I'm not sure whether it qualifies as a lazy eye -- I can hold either eye steady forward while shifting the other one outward. My party trick is to alternate which one is looking forward, like <.o o.> <.o o.> etc.
Never can see magic eye images. Don't quite know what AMBIVALENT ELMS means either... are these something you can see in the magic eye image of this meta?
It's AMBIVALENT ELMS because to see the image you must cross eyes so you can no longer see which tree is which or even whether they are trees of flying birds.
Laura M 🤓3:12 · 2023-02-10T00:52:52.858Z
Very clever! And I haven't thought about Magic Eye pictures for years, but turns out I can still see them... possibly easier now that my older eyes aren't as good at focusing :-)
Silicate mineral whose molecular structure lends itself to thin plates (kinda like the individual rows of this grid)
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Industrious insect
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Sodium Chloride
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Corporate division with the focus of getting buyers to buy
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Danish unit of measure equal to 62.77 cm (or 2 fod)
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Stereotypical disgruntled animal; although if you take a baby one and put it in pajamas you get an instant Internet sensation
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--- im Himmel! Das ist eine seltsame Meta!
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"---, Dog, ---"; the definitive work on automotive canines who disrespect headwear
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Mine suffered really badly when I posted a meta that was just plain wrong
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Fr. masc. sing. definitive article
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Conclude
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Enthusiastic volunteer's response to "I need someone to got off and do this mission"
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Province where you can find Baddeck, Whycocomagh, Mabou, and Halifax
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Department store section where you will find clothing for him
Verticali
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Picture
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Accepted principle or rule
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Set of eight
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Bird homes
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Illustrated depiction
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Swiss manufacturer of bicycles that filed for bankruptcy in 2002
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Not be idle
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Bird's home
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Graphic likeness
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French ballet dancer and coreographer Louis (yes, you are allowed to google-- maybe include two of ballets "Pygmalion" or "Nina ou la Folle par amour" you'll get the right hits)
11D
Expert
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State where you can find Caliente, Mesquite, Elko, and Winnemucca
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Public appearance
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Protagonist of "The Phantom Tollbooth" (if you are my age); The orange tabby cat companion of Otis (if you are my niece's age)
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Quality assurance body for English Language Education in Ireland.... and it's an anagram of SCALE; let's just go with that
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What 3D magic eye posters are when you have lazy eye or are visually impaired in one eye